Progress of Cryogenics and Isotopes Separation , ISSN: 1582-2575
2013, Volume 16, Issue 2

Hazardous Substances in Water and Sediments of Olt River, Downstream from Rm. Valcea

Mihaela Iordache 1 , Ioan Iordache 2* , Luisa Roxana Popescu 1 , Diana Costinel 2

1 National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology – INCD-ECOIND Bucharest-Subsidiary Ramnicu Valcea, 1 Uzinei Street, Ramnicu Valcea 240050, Romania
2 National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICSI Rm. Valcea, Uzinei Street no. 4, PO Box Râureni 7, 240050, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania

*Corresponding author: Ioan Iordache, E-mail: iordache.ioan@icsi.ro

Published: October 2013


Abstract

The study assess the level of priority hazardous substances (Ni, Cu, Cd, Zn, Mn, Cr, Co, Pb, Hg, 1.2 Dichloroethane, 1.1.2 Trichloroethylene, Perchloroethylene, 1.2.4 Trichlorobenzene) in water and sediments of Olt River in the industrial platform Rm. Valcea in 2011. The sources of pollution are Rm. Valcea and industrial activities situated on the left bank of the Olt River.


Keywords

Hazardous substances, Olt River, organochlorine.


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